Chapter 230 Return (2)
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…
Gu Yangjeok walked toward Maehwadong, dragging his feet halfway.
Occasionally, a pain that felt like it would snap his ankle surged through him. It seemed his tendons had been stretched during his sparring match with Gyo Gangcheon and Kwon Gak-sul.
“Ugh.”
A sigh escaped his lips without his knowing it.
Gu Yang-jeok leaned against a tree for a moment, wiping away cold sweat. He then snapped off a branch to use as a splint.
One wrong step could cause him to twist it or stumble sideways or backward.
“I should have cleared the path if I’d known it would be like this.”
Unlike the staircase leading to the Hwasan Sect, reaching Maehwa-dong required traversing a very narrow path.
The problem was, there was no disciple who would have repaired or maintained it.
How much more so now, long after Maehwa-dong had been established, did Gu Yang-jeok gaze at the thicket with a look of utter helplessness.
After all, anyone who knew the exact location of Plum Blossom Valley wouldn’t have to suffer through a path like this.
Had he not been injured, Gu Yangjeok himself would have deployed his divine technique.
‘Taking a day’s rest at Huashan Sect wouldn’t be a bad choice.’
It wasn’t about time for proper recuperation; even a little rest would suffice.
Just as Gu Yangjeok’s footsteps were about to turn elsewhere.
Kung!
An explosion sounded from the direction of Plum Blossom Valley. An unusual energy was resonating at the foot of Huashan.
